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Collibra Excellence Awards - 2026 customer winners

Collibra Excellence Awards recognize teams and individuals from leading global organizations who have entrusted Collibra to unify governance across every data source, use case and user. Since 2018, the Collibra Customer Excellence Awards have celebrated those who leverage Collibra to harness trusted, accessible data, driving powerful insights and building Data Confidence™ throughout their organizations.

Load video: Data Program of the Year: Siemens AG

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  1. 00:00:02,660 --> 00:00:03,820: quite some time at Siemens
  2. 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:05,160: and for
  3. 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:06,680: about four and a half years
  4. 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,480: working in the context of data management. You know,
  5. 00:00:09,860 --> 00:00:10,540: it feels like
  6. 00:00:10,980 --> 00:00:13,100: a very good recognition of all of the effort we put
  7. 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:13,700: into this.
  8. 00:00:15,140 --> 00:00:17,300: And really everyone, the entire team.
  9. 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:18,480: So I think the team won the
  10. 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,160: same, right? So everyone is very delighted about
  11. 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,480: this. I think all of the topics that
  12. 00:00:24,060 --> 00:00:26,480: we have been working on, like data products,
  13. 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:27,580: data domains,
  14. 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,340: also data governance framework is now
  15. 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,780: something that we don't really have to explain
  16. 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,900: anymore. It's something that the
  17. 00:00:34,980 --> 00:00:37,080: company, at least data people in the company
  18. 00:00:37,140 --> 00:00:39,180: live by. And I think that's something really great.
  19. 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,800: And I think without Collibra, none of this would have
  20. 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:43,620: come to life anywhere. It would just be
  21. 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:45,200: written documents somewhere
  22. 00:00:46,340 --> 00:00:48,360: that nobody would actually like to use or
  23. 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:49,760: like to follow. But now
  24. 00:00:50,620 --> 00:00:51,700: we're in a situation where
  25. 00:00:52,660 --> 00:00:54,740: it feels natural to do all of these things.
  26. 00:00:54,860 --> 00:00:55,800: And again,
  27. 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:58,020: nothing we have to anymore justify, right?
  28. 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:00,860: Enablement is everything. You have to enable
  29. 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,720: the people, explain them what to do,
  30. 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,540: especially why they have to do this. Otherwise,
  31. 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,980: they will not do this simply. And also
  32. 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:11,580: start small and then
  33. 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:13,120: scale it up.
  34. 00:01:14,020 --> 00:01:14,780: I think this is what
  35. 00:01:15,460 --> 00:01:16,340: were the three main
  36. 00:01:17,020 --> 00:01:18,260: learnings which we had in
  37. 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:20,440: the last couple of years, I would say.
  38. 00:01:21,020 --> 00:01:23,140: We have a lot of data products. I think we are
  39. 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:25,320: reaching almost 800 at the moment.
  40. 00:01:25,780 --> 00:01:27,860: Data products that are registered in the system, that
  41. 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:29,020: are easy to access,
  42. 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,760: that are easy to find, that are governed by the entire
  43. 00:01:31,820 --> 00:01:33,020: processes that follow
  44. 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:35,860: compliance and risks
  45. 00:01:36,980 --> 00:01:38,760: procedures that we have in the organization.
  46. 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,660: Just imagine how many use cases are enabled
  47. 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:44,140: by all of this. I think this is really an incredible
  48. 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,320: number. It's great to see all of those numbers and
  49. 00:01:46,380 --> 00:01:47,920: see how people actually use what we do.

Data Program of the Year: Siemens AG

The Data Program of the Year award celebrates the best data transformation program, demonstrating vision and ambition to drive business value.

Load video: Data Citizen of the Year: Tina Keller Florcke, Salt River Project

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  1. 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,280: I am the manager at Data Services
  2. 00:00:05,980 --> 00:00:08,240: at, um, Salt River Project.
  3. 00:00:08,380 --> 00:00:10,520: We deliver power and water to the community
  4. 00:00:10,540 --> 00:00:11,220: of Arizona.
  5. 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:13,760: This award is just incredibly
  6. 00:00:13,820 --> 00:00:14,800: meaningful to me.
  7. 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:17,180: When you invest so much of
  8. 00:00:17,260 --> 00:00:19,380: your time, your
  9. 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:20,260: ideas,
  10. 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:22,300: your energy, your heart,
  11. 00:00:22,660 --> 00:00:24,740: uh, into making something come to
  12. 00:00:24,780 --> 00:00:26,360: life be so successful,
  13. 00:00:27,020 --> 00:00:29,060: uh, the greatest reward is being,
  14. 00:00:29,380 --> 00:00:31,520: uh, recognized and acknowledged for it.
  15. 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:33,180: For me in my career,
  16. 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:36,100: I've really focused on relationships
  17. 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,780: and building those and fostering those,
  18. 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,800: um, and that's throughout the business areas,
  19. 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:42,900: including IT.
  20. 00:00:43,220 --> 00:00:45,600: That's through honest conversations,
  21. 00:00:46,140 --> 00:00:48,300: delivering as expected, keeping
  22. 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:49,860: promises and commitments,
  23. 00:00:50,380 --> 00:00:52,480: and being really transparent about where
  24. 00:00:52,540 --> 00:00:54,820: things are in reality. So
  25. 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:57,080: we launched a updated data
  26. 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,280: strategy that included the concept
  27. 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:01,620: data products, and really turning
  28. 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:03,740: to my team to look and, and see
  29. 00:01:03,820 --> 00:01:06,400: how we were going to solution, develop,
  30. 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,100: design, right, implement,
  31. 00:01:08,780 --> 00:01:09,820: uh, data products,
  32. 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:12,420: uh, using Collibra as, as our,
  33. 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:13,960: uh, data product marketplace.
  34. 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,700: What it led to was really the,
  35. 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:19,060: uh, race of
  36. 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,080: individuals going out and
  37. 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,580: in the business and wanting to be the first
  38. 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,780: to develop their data products. So it was really
  39. 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,960: exciting to see the energy around,
  40. 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:31,740: uh, data products and implementing
  41. 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,020: that. That's noteworthy to talk about,
  42. 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,580: is the excitement that came from
  43. 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,200: working with data and now
  44. 00:01:39,260 --> 00:01:41,320: having pride of ownership of those data
  45. 00:01:41,380 --> 00:01:48,100: products in those business areas. [upbeat music]

Data Citizen of the Year: Tina Keller Florcke, Salt River Project

The Data Citizen of the Year award honors a visionary leader driving organizational change and business impact through Data Confidence.

Load video: Collibra Ranger of the Year: Umit Bhargava, Gallagher

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  1. 00:00:02,140 --> 00:00:04,059: a senior lead data governance at Gallagher
  2. 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,460: with over fourteen years of experience in data
  3. 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:07,100: and technology.
  4. 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,600: Along with the esteemed members of the data office, my
  5. 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:11,880: role is to solve some of the difficult data
  6. 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,280: problems, uh, bringing in together
  7. 00:00:14,340 --> 00:00:15,240: the data governance,
  8. 00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:16,320: technology,
  9. 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,840: and business strategy using Collibra.
  10. 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:20,560: You know, I'm really, really proud about,
  11. 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:22,300: uh, about receiving this award,
  12. 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:23,280: equally humbled,
  13. 00:00:23,820 --> 00:00:26,100: and also it really feels bigger because apart
  14. 00:00:26,140 --> 00:00:27,520: from the individual achievement,
  15. 00:00:27,980 --> 00:00:29,440: it also reflects, uh,
  16. 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,840: you know, the, the people that I work with,
  17. 00:00:32,060 --> 00:00:34,100: the teams that have trusted me.
  18. 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:35,520: I think the most important,
  19. 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:38,380: uh, thing to me is I don't separate
  20. 00:00:39,020 --> 00:00:41,420: data governance or, you know, data quality
  21. 00:00:41,540 --> 00:00:44,060: or data management with technology
  22. 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:44,740: or adoption.
  23. 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:45,980: I just try to keep,
  24. 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:48,520: uh, all of them, uh, really together.
  25. 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,980: So I design all the programs around
  26. 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,220: three things. It's, uh, the, the foundation
  27. 00:00:53,260 --> 00:00:54,220: should be really strong,
  28. 00:00:54,740 --> 00:00:56,300: automate wherever it is possible,
  29. 00:00:56,780 --> 00:00:57,540: and then, uh,
  30. 00:00:58,120 --> 00:00:59,440: making... make it like, you know,
  31. 00:00:59,940 --> 00:01:01,400: humanly adoptable,
  32. 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:03,060: uh, so that, uh,
  33. 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,680: uh, whatever you are delivering is really
  34. 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,060: consumed by the people. They realize the value
  35. 00:01:08,140 --> 00:01:09,920: that, uh, is there in the
  36. 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,460: solution. One thing that always stays
  37. 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:13,100: with me is,
  38. 00:01:13,580 --> 00:01:15,580: um, you don't have to chase the work
  39. 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,760: that you're doing, but always chase the impact that you
  40. 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:18,480: are trying to create,
  41. 00:01:18,820 --> 00:01:21,160: the value that, uh, that,
  42. 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,660: uh, you will drive, uh, for the business,
  43. 00:01:23,820 --> 00:01:25,180: that you will generate for the business.
  44. 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,800: And then rather than just becoming a technology
  45. 00:01:27,860 --> 00:01:30,200: expert, uh, become a problem solver,
  46. 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,500: uh, solver who consistently solve
  47. 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,760: meaningful problems, uh, create impact,
  48. 00:01:35,260 --> 00:01:37,580: uh, build trust, and just connect
  49. 00:01:37,660 --> 00:01:39,940: all of your work to the business outcomes. Um,
  50. 00:01:39,980 --> 00:01:42,340: and I think that's my mantra of achieving
  51. 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:43,760: the success, building trust,
  52. 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,440: uh, building good network, uh, with the
  53. 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:50,860: people. [outro music]

Collibra Ranger of the Year: Umit Bhargava, Gallagher

The Collibra Ranger of the Year award celebrates the Collibra Ranger who has led their organization in designing and implementing data and AI programs that drive real business value.

Load video: Trendsetter: Macy’s

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  1. 00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:03,920: I lead data governance with Macy's
  2. 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:05,980: Enterprise Data Organization.
  3. 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:07,880: My team helps
  4. 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:10,420: our technology and business partners
  5. 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:11,140: at Macy's
  6. 00:00:11,620 --> 00:00:13,000: find, understand,
  7. 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:14,240: and confidently
  8. 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,720: use the trusted data across our unified
  9. 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:17,680: data foundations,
  10. 00:00:18,460 --> 00:00:20,460: and this in turn helps turn
  11. 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:22,620: the governed data into trusted, actionable
  12. 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:23,220: insights.
  13. 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,720: This award recognizes the effort
  14. 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,780: and the thought leadership of our Macy's
  15. 00:00:27,820 --> 00:00:29,980: data governance team in bringing together
  16. 00:00:30,060 --> 00:00:32,400: cross-functional teams across business,
  17. 00:00:32,860 --> 00:00:33,520: technology,
  18. 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:34,780: data owners,
  19. 00:00:35,140 --> 00:00:36,420: and our own data stewards
  20. 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,580: to create a shared foundation of trusted
  21. 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,820: data. We are proud to be recognized
  22. 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:42,820: for using Collibra
  23. 00:00:43,180 --> 00:00:44,880: not merely as a data catalog,
  24. 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,000: but democratizing it as a trusted
  25. 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:48,920: context layer
  26. 00:00:49,420 --> 00:00:51,460: through which the rich context that is
  27. 00:00:51,540 --> 00:00:53,780: curated by our data stewards is leveraged
  28. 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:55,860: by both our stakeholders as well as the data
  29. 00:00:55,940 --> 00:00:58,000: agents. As a result of our work with
  30. 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,080: Collibra, I think the biggest transformation that I
  31. 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:02,200: have seen is the increased
  32. 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,300: confidence and the reuse of trusted
  33. 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,780: data from the Macy's unified data foundation.
  34. 00:01:07,060 --> 00:01:09,260: Through the Collibra data catalog, the team has
  35. 00:01:09,340 --> 00:01:11,160: made data ownership,
  36. 00:01:11,580 --> 00:01:12,300: definitions,
  37. 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:13,320: lineage,
  38. 00:01:14,020 --> 00:01:15,200: certification status,
  39. 00:01:15,660 --> 00:01:18,420: sensitive data classification such as PII,
  40. 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:20,560: and governance metrics in general
  41. 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,340: so much more visible and actionable.
  42. 00:01:23,780 --> 00:01:25,800: Previously, this information used to live
  43. 00:01:25,860 --> 00:01:28,000: within SMEs' heads or in
  44. 00:01:28,060 --> 00:01:28,620: documents.
  45. 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:30,660: Now with this being digitized,
  46. 00:01:31,060 --> 00:01:33,200: it has enabled teams find right
  47. 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,660: data faster and better support
  48. 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,980: the strategic enterprise initiatives
  49. 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:44,480: using the context from Collibra. [outro music]

Trendsetter: Macy’s

The Trendsetter award honors an organization leading a unique data initiative or leveraging the Collibra platform in an innovative way.